Texas

Forty-eight states have enacted a so-called Zackery Lystedt concussion safety law since May 2009. Wyoming has enacted a weak concussion safety law, and the high school athletic association in Arkansas has rules that mirror the concussion laws of other states..

It has been a good two weeks for parents looking to make high school football safer, with a number of promising developments. But it is not time to declare victory, and many questions remain to be answered.

The last two full weeks of April 2013 have been a good one for parents looking to make high school football safer, but it is not time to declare victory, and many questions remain to be answered,

On June 20, 2010, Texas governor Rick Perry signed into law H.B. No. 203,
the state's youth sports concussion safety law. Dubbed Natasha's Law
after Natasha Helmick, a moving force behind the law, the Texas statute
is one of the most detailed and comprehensive of the twenty-three
enacted to protect youth athletes since the Zackery Lystedt Law was signed by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire in May 2009.

A recent article in the Boston Globe reported that a controversial steroid testing program of high school athletes in Texas is in danger of being de-funded, as the state House budget has cut the money for the program. The Senate draft still includes funding for the program. Florida eliminated a small testing program in 2009. New Jersey and Illinois also have statewide programs.